#eotv lore

My question relates to the sun. I'm aware, with the full strength of the sun a vampire cannot live and must hide or he burns. But, it seems like they can be awake during the daylight hours if keeping to the dark. Do vampires not need sleep?

I know of other vampire stories in which the vampire cannot stay awake during the day even if kept in a dungeon. They might lose consciousness or go insane if they try to stay awake beyond the night. But in EotV I'm fairly certain the vampires are going about their business normally even during the day.

In blood,

a friend of the sun

Hello again!

Basically, vampires do need to sleep - however, they don't have to do it during the day.

The sun being up weakens them, and like you mentioned is a threat in itself, so they tend to sleep during that vulnerable period of time.

But they can switch and sleep during the night and stay awake during the day, as long as they stay within shadows or if the sun is covered (hence the whole daysdeath thing). Like a person who works night shifts - their circadian rhythm just does a 180, despite it being inherently unnatural for us.

Still thinking about the series,

in Blood,

a friend of the sun

This was the first thing I saw when I woke up today and reading your name, dear @powerbottomeminem, made me hesitate if I was actually awake or still asleep, so thanks for the laugh 😂

So generally yes, they do need an invitation - but to enter a home (plus the invitation has to come from a person that lives in that very place on top of that). Gates don't count as a home, so vampires can for example attack and get within a city's walls. But they can't get inside individual buildings where people live (that's why they often set fires to houses' roofs - to force people to come out and face them).

A good example is shown in Empire of the Dawn. I'm not going to spoil anything in case you haven't read it or EotD yet, but a vampire walked into a city just fine, but then couldn't enter the château itself (it's in Book One, Chapter VII).